On The Ground

It was on the cards that A.B. Vajpayee might become the prime minister of India one day.

On The Carpet :

When you are called to the office of your boss (since supposedly, they are the only ones who have carpet) and its definitely not for a good reason, i.e., you are in trouble, something has not gone according to plan and either maybe you are responsible and/or have some explaining to do.

On The Case :

If someone is on the case, they are dealing with a problem.

Do not worry about the schedule. I have asked Madan to be on the case.

On The Cheap :

If you do something on the cheap, you spend as little as possible to do it.

On The Dot :

If someone says that they are leaving at seven on the dot, don’t be late. They mean at exactly seven o’clock.

On The Factory Floor :

On the factory floor means the place where things are actually produced.

On The Fiddle :

Someone who is stealing money from work is on the fiddle especially if they are doing it by fraud.

On The Flip Side :

On the reverse or the other side

It is good to be in Chennai. However on the flip side you have to take into consideration the whole lot of relatives in and around there.

On The Fly :

If you do things on the fly, you do things without preparation responding to events as they happen.

On The Game :

A person who is on the game works as a prostitute.

On The Ground :

Events ground

Events on the ground are where things are actually happening. Not at a distance.